PDCA vs. PDSA vs. OODA vs. BML vs. PSR vs. YMCA
In my little book How to Change the World I use the PDCA model to describe the fact that it is useful to have an iterative approach to ch...
Nonviolent Communication (Stop It!)
Someone has called me a liar and a thief, and has failed to produce any explanation or evidence. Nonviolent Communication suggests that I...
Why Not Delight the Supplier?
Yesterday I noticed that an invoice for the Moving Motivator cards from my printer had been hanging around in my “to-pay” folder for ...
Bad Agile Salads
My Management 3.0 licensing terms are quite fair and easy. I don’t certify trainers because there’s no fun in judging other people’...
Let’s Help Melly (Changing Work Into Life)
I’ve worked for 8 weeks on my newest presentation. Not full-time of course. Just on and off, between conquering the world and annoying ...
My Happiness Index Is Dead
The more I think about the happiness index, the more I think it’s broken. We should change it into an improvement index. Today I was ve...
What Exactly Is the Organization?
People talk about “transforming organizations”, “the culture of organizations” and “the lifetime of organizations”. But can s...
How to Change the World – Translations
My little How to Change the World book is doing quite well. In less than five months 1250 copies were sold, which is not bad for a self-p...
The Trojan Form of Change
It happened again. Some people at the (wildy awesome) ALE 2012 unconference said, “We need to get more managers/leaders/aliens to this ...
Is Your Work an Expression of Your Life?
When people introduce themselves to others, they often deal with the question “What do you do?” And they answer it by saying, “I’...
A Task Board That Really Sucks
Last week I visited VI Company, a small but amazing Internet company in Rotterdam. Managers Tim and Ivo recently attended a Management 3....
17 Tips for the Next Top 100 Agile Books
How ironic. My own little book is the first one that did not make it onto the Top 100 Agile Books, which I published last week. If I had ...
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